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The Concurrent Education program at our Brantford Campus is offered in partnership with Laurier Brantford. Graduates receive an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Society, Culture & Environment from Laurier Brantford and a Bachelor of Education from Nipissing.

Dr. Natalya Brown holds a cross-appointment with School of Business and the Department of Political Science, Philosophy and Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Her research includes political economy, management education, financial literacy, immigrant integration, and sustainable tourism. She teaches courses in macroeconomics, economic development, international economics, and money and banking.

Education:

BSc, University of West Indies; MA, University of Houston; MSc, University of Texas; PhD, University of Texas

Research Interests:

Research Interests

Her research interests are in political economy, management education, financial literacy, immigrant integration, and sustainable tourism.

Current & Future Research:

Ferguson, K. and N.R. Brown. Better Together? Sense of Community in the Pre-Service Teacher Cohort Model. Under Review.

Brown, N.R., Mang, C., and L. Piper. A review of the use of smartphones in the tourism context.

Brown, N.R., Piper, L. and Armenakyan, A. Perceptions of the Benefits and Constraints of Sustainable Tourism Development by Small- and Medium-Sized Recreation and Tourism Enterprises in Northern Ontario.

Brown, N.R. The Impact of Term Limits and Party Recruitment and Retention Policies on Candidate Quality.

Brown, N.R. and A. Adler. The serious business of singing: Stakeholder valuation and subsidy of community choral performance.

Adler, A. and N.R. Brown. Questioning the benevolent monarch: The political economy of a university-community choir.

Piper, L. and N.R. Brown. What’s in a Name? An examination of similarities and differences between eco, rural, and resource-based tourism enterprises.

Ferguson, K., Brown, N.R. and L. Piper. Common Book: A Novel Approach to Teaching and Learning.

Ferguson, K., Brown, N.R. and L. Piper. The Lasting Impact of a University Common Reading Program.

Publications:

Publications

Brown, N.R. 2017. Housing Experiences of Recent Immigrants to Canada’s Small Cities: The Case of North Bay, Ontario. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 18(3): 719-747. DOI: 10.1007/s12134-016-0498-5.

Ferguson, K., Brown, N. and Piper, L. 2014. ‘How Much Can One Book Do?’: Exploring Perceptions of a Common Book Program for First-Year University Students. Journal of College Reading and Learning 44(2): 164-199.

Brown, N.R., Mang, C., and L. Piper. A review of the use of smartphones in the tourism context. ASAC Conference, Montreal, Quebec May 29-June 1, 2017.

Ferguson, K. and N. Brown. SOS! Save Our Sections - Examining Sense of Community in the Cohort Model of a Bachelor of Education Program. The Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, May 27-31, 2017.

Brown, N.R. and A. Adler. The serious business of singing: Stakeholder valuation and subsidy of community choral performance. International Symposium on Singing and Song, St. Johns, Newfoundland, October 1-4, 2015.

Adler, A. and N.R. Brown. Questioning the benevolent monarch: The political economy of a university-community choir. International Symposium on Singing and Song, St. Johns, Newfoundland, October 1-4, 2015.

Brown, N.R. Voter Uncertainty and Third Party Candidate Entry. 49th Conference of the Canadian Economic Association, Ottawa, Ontario, May 28-31, 2015.

Ferguson, K., Brown, N. and L. Piper. So Many Books, So Little Time: The Selection Process for a University Common Book Program. Annual Conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, June 17-20, 2014.

Ferguson, K., Brown, N. and L. Piper. Exploring Sense of Community in a Common Book Program. The Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, May 24 -28, 2014.

Ferguson, K., Brown, N. and L. Piper. Common Book, Common Ground? Reflections on a Common Reading Pilot Project for First-year University Students. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education, Waterloo Ontario May 28-30, 2012.

Brown, N., Piper, L. and J. Nadeau. ‘A Nuh Mi’: The case for a broader definition of the eco-tourist in Jamaica. International Conference on Tourism Archanes, Crete, Greece, May 23-26, 2012.